MISDESCRIPTIONS Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

misdescriptions

noun

plural of misdescription

as in misconstructions

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Noun

The mental toll that comes with Ebola Losing relatives to disease outbreaks is always difficult, but responders say grief can be especially severe with Ebola in a country where the disease is viewed by many as evil due to rumors and misconceptions.

— Constant Same Bagalwa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Losing relatives to disease outbreaks is always difficult, but responders say grief can be especially severe with Ebola in a country where the disease is viewed by many as evil due to rumors and misconceptions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of misconceptions

Noun

There, the discovery of a spacecraft and additional extraterrestrials transforms their chase into a simple struggle for survival, as what began as a series of understandable misjudgments spirals into a tragedy of cosmic scale.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
CFOs should lead difficult conversations about earlier misjudgments while identifying more realistic payback horizons.

— Jim DeLoach, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of misjudgments

Noun

There are several misinterpretations of what a chance of precipitation means.

— Lance Schulteis, jsonline.com, 24 Aug. 2026
The researchers say the inability of LLMs to provide the correct location is an inherent flaw that arises from training biases or from misinterpretations of instructions within the current context.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026

Definition of misinterpretations

Noun

As romance gives way to heartbreak, misunderstandings and difficult choices, the sisters may not always see eye to eye.

— Charley Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2026
Four Hands, Two Sonatas ends with Jeong-yo and Pi-o together again, seemingly free of the pressures and misunderstandings that plagued them for so long.

— Kayti Burt, Time, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of misunderstandings

Noun

Meanwhile, the New Atheists were making hay of the fact that such faithful misapprehensions about nature were easily disproved by scientific discovery.

— Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
Ronald Reagan did not suffer from such misapprehensions.

— Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025

Definition of misapprehensions

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